Climber's Paradise

PearlAnn Reichwein is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta where she teaches Canadian history, environmental history, and leisure philosophy. Her early work with Parks Canada as a research historian, cultural resource planner, and heritage interpreter living in Banff and Yoho national parks enriched her understanding of mountain landscapes.

"There has been a definite need for a finely crafted book on the relationship between the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and Canada’s Mountain Parks: Climber’s Paradise tells the tale in an exquisite manner and, in doing so, reveals much about the complex paradise of Canada’s mountaineering history and ethos.... Reichwein has certainly emerged...as one of the primary keepers of the distinctive Canadian mountaineering tradition, and Climber’s Paradise confirms yet again why this is the indubitable case." [Full review at bit.ly/1nYxnCK]

• ContentsPreface xiAcknowledgements xvAbbreviations xviiMap xviii1 Imagining Canada’s Mountain Parks 12 Canada’s Alpine Club 133 Mountaineering Camp in the Tented Town 594 Advocacy for Canada’s Hetch Hetchy 1195 Conservation, Sport Tactics, and War Measures 1536 Limitless Playgrounds? 1977 Belonging in Mountain Landscapes 255Epilogue 295Reconnections in a Living WorldAppendices 311Notes 317References 359Index 393